Ironing board



Beh .27, 1923., 1,446,943.

' Nl. C. STEABNS.

IHONING BOARD.

FILED ocT.z4. 1921. s sHEETsYsHEET z,

llatented ljeb.' 27 i923.. i

minous c. srnnitits, or CHICAGO, intiiioifs.4

.morfine nonne;

Application lfiled October 24.-,- 121. ;5era1 No. 510,027.

lle-it known that l, Marions C. STnAnNs, a citizen or the United States,residing,` at 5&8? University Avenue, Chicago, inthe county of Cool; andState. oi' illinois9 have invented anew and useful Improvement inironing Boards, of which the following is a specific-ation. y y

This invention relates toirnpro v enients in ironingl boards, and moreespecially toan ironing board adapted to be detachably se-I 4 36 to bedescribed more in detail hereinafter.y

cured'to avwall, and so consti'fuctedthat it can be folded up againstthe wall. when not in use. @there features ofthe intention andadvantages thereof will appear more fully as l proceed withmyspeciiication; y

A form of device embodyingv vthe features of my invention is shown inthe accompany ing drawings in which Figure l is a view in side elevationor' the ironing board folded up against the wall, Fig. 2l is a similarview in front elevation, Fig. 3 is a view in elevation showing" theother side of the board as it appears when' removed from thewall, 4lisa. view inside elevation of 'the board down in position 'for useyllig. 5is a similar view in plan7 Fig. 6 is a view talren as indicated by theline (i of Fig. -lFig. 7 is a view on an enlarged scale talrenesindicated by the line 7 of Fig'. 2, Fig. l8 is a -View taken asindicated by the line 8 oi' Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is view taken asindicated by the line 901. Fig. 5. ..f i

ln the drawings, 2O indicates thewall of a room, which is shown insection. ..2lindicates the base board and 22 the quarter round.Permanently 'secured to the wall, about thirty inches abovethe -oor,fisa flat board 23, provided at its ends with thumb catches 24. l

rthere is provided a rectangular flat fra-mc adapted to be placedagainst the wall and under the board 23. rlhis frame is formed of twovertical legs or supports 26, which are joined at their upper ends onthe back or wall side by a flat board 27. The board 27 is ofsubstantially the same thickness as the base board 2l, so that when thetraine is in place against the wall the vertical legs or supports 26will be spaced from the a distance equal to the thicknessl of the baseboard and will lie parallel with the wall. The lower ends orn the legs26 are provided with notches 29 on the rear or wall sides in order toaccommodate the base board 2l. The legs 26 are joined near their lowerends on the -frontside (the side farther' from 'the'` wall) by a crossbar30. A bar 3l rests on the upper ends ofthe legs26 and joins theni.Thefrlat board 2,7 isof sui'iicient width' so thatv it extendslslightly* abo-ve the upper edge of the cross bar 3l, as shown. To the nlower side or" the cross bar 3l is fastened a slightlyv wider striplying; between the supports 26. The strip 33 is provided at its centerwith a notch 34 and thus adapted to receive 'a horizontal supportingmember..`

When the board is folded up .out ot'userthis horizontal supporting`.member 36 assumes a vertical position parallel `with the wall and movesinto the notch Se; the strip 33 projecting forwardly in :t'ront of thebar 3l a distance substantially equal to the thicklness ci .suchhorizontal supporting member 36. The strip 33, at one side of the notch.34, is provided Awith a thumb catch 35 adapted to be turned to holdsaid horizontal supporting member 36 in the notch 3d and thus holdtheironing boardy in its folded position up against the wall when not inuse.

a support foi-fthe ironingn board proper. These strips Vare atta-chedzbymeans. ofthe Attached to the upper side of the cross vbar 3l are twoparallellyr arranged .strips 39. Such vstrips .togethernform what mayfbe. .termed an ironing board support, that is,

framecompris'ing thetwo vertical legs or y supports ellyj'oined at`their upper ends on the` `liront side bythe cross memberj4l2, neartheir lowerends by the cross member 43, and at the center -by the crossmember 4d.

rllhe hinged connection is Jformed by ine-ans of the hinges 47 which areattached to the inner side of the `cross bar Ll2 and the un-` derside ofthe members 39, at their ends. The supports 4l are vwide enough apart,so that when the board is i'olded up against the wall the horizontal(when .the board is down ready for use) strips 39 will liebetween them(see Fig'. 2). The horizontal supporting member 36 is'hingedfat one endto the cross member 30 by means of the hinge le and is attached near itsouter end by means of the hingeil to the cross bar l-3. The end 50 oitthe horizontal member 36 is provided with a notchlon its upper side, asshown, for a purpose to be explained hereinafter.

Slidably mounted on the members 39 is the ironing board proper, asindicated by 52.

The board is held down on the members Y39 by means of two cross strips 3and 54;. 5 The strip 53 is fastened to the underside of the ironingboard at the center and laas its ends thinned, as shown, so that theyoverlap the strips 39 on the underside. rEhe cross strip 54C is made insubstantially ythe same manner, except that it is -held in place bymeans of a bolt passing through the ironing board onthe upper end ofwhich is'threaded a. wing nut `55. The wing nut 55 serves to draw up thestrip 54E and clampthe strips 39 between its ends and the bottom of theboard, thus enabling` the board "to be lfastened in any desiredposition. `'allhe Aends `of the strip 53 are just far enough away fromthe board to per-mit a relative sliding Amoveshifting the lposition oftheV board.

lt will be noted that the hinges on the strip 36 are sufficiently farapart so that the legs 4:1 will slant slightly as shown, -when the boardis down and ready for use.

The operation` of the device 'is as follows: The board 27 is placedlatagainst the wall just below the strip 23, so thatthe legs 26 areclose to the wall and parallel therewith. ylhe thumb catches 24: arethen vturned :to hook over the upper edge of the board 27. When theboard is down in position ready for use it is as shown in Figs.41an`d5.. l't will be noted that sliding adjustment of the board 52 onthe members 39 is ipermitted.

When the board vis to 'be folded away `outf'of use, the board proper 52isislid as far as possible toward the wall (to the left as viewed inFigs. 4 and 5), and the `'board is 40 then folded up against the wall,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'In 'folding the board up this way the wingnut 55 moves intofthecir- .cular notch 80 provided inthe upper Ledgeofthe strip 23, and the Amember -36 movies into the notch 34e where itis 'held in place by turning ofthe catch 35. Thenotch/'lii's for lthepurpose of laccommodating the cross ment between the boardand the strips39 in piece v54:. The end 50 of the member 36,

when the board -is folded yup,n1oves to a position just under the lowerpart of the cross piece ad and is V.there held by means of a springcatch 82.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, itis t0 be understood that itiiscapable of many modications. Changes,therefore, in the construction f and arrangement `may be made Withoutdeparting from vthe-spirit and scope Aof the vinvention as disclosed inthe appended claim, in which it is my intention to claim 1all no-veltyinherent in my invention Ias broadly as ypossible view of the prior art.

What I claim 'as -new and'desire to secure n of said frame, 'whereby theIsamek maybe swung from va s'horizm'tal position to a vertical positionparallel 'with Land lC'lojse to the wall, said frame Acomprising twoypai'allely arranged strips, gmeans 'for flsupporti'ng vsaid`ironing-board support `im its Phorizon'tal 'position, said vmeanscomprising a.substantial1y vertically arranged leg 'fhingedly lattached.tok

the free end 'of Sthe fironingibcard support, a

Ysupporting member hingedly connected at lone end tolthelower partoffthe1'frame and yhin'gedly connected at 'the other end Lto 'the lower end:of fsaitl leg, means torhold fsaid supporting member-fin verticalposition Avand an ironing-board -slfidalbly .mounted ion -saidironing-board support and .provided on its underside with twoicrossfstrips having their ends lying yunderV the strips iformingithe..iironing-boardv support, .oneg'of the said vvcross strips fhavifnglme'ans to draw it ip against vthe lironing-board support .to A"hdld the'..irnning-'board imposition.

:In Witnesswhereofly hereuntofset'myhand and -zseal this '.112 dayoff.f;ctober,'l92'1.

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